🦠 Bacteria Name Generator

A fun web application that generates unique bacterial names based on your name and date of birth!

Inspired by the ASCLS Laboratory Week Bacteria Names Game

Features

• 🧬 Generate unique bacterial names based on personal information
• 🎨 Beautiful, responsive UI with gradient backgrounds
• 📄 Download your bacteria name as a PDF sticker (exactly 3" × 4")
• 🖨️ Print-ready PDF format for sticker paper
• 📱 Mobile-friendly design
• ✨ Smooth animations and transitions

How It Works

The app creates a scientific bacterial name using a unique algorithm with intelligent vowel/consonant matching for better pronunciation.

Genus Generation

The genus name is formed by:

• First 3 letters of your first name
• Plus a suffix based on the last digit of your birth year
• Smart suffix selection: If the 3rd letter is a vowel, use a consonant-starting suffix; if it's a consonant, use a vowel-starting suffix

Suffix options by year digit:

• 0 → idium (consonant) / ridium (vowel)
• 1 → bacter (consonant) / obacter (vowel)
• 2 → philus (consonant) / ophilus (vowel)
• 3 → phyticus (consonant) / ophyticus (vowel)
• 4 → steria (consonant) / isteria (vowel)
• 5 → teus (consonant) / oteus (vowel)
• 6 → monas (consonant) / omonas (vowel)
• 7 → llus (consonant) / illus (vowel)
• 8 → tella (consonant) / etella (vowel)
• 9 → coccus (consonant) / ococcus (vowel)

Species Generation

The species name is formed by:

• First 3 letters of your last name
• Plus a suffix based on your birth month
• Smart suffix selection: If the 3rd letter is a vowel, use a consonant-starting suffix; if it's a consonant, use a vowel-starting suffix

Suffix options by month:

• January → garis (consonant) / aris (vowel)
• February → genes (consonant) / ogenes (vowel)
• March → nesis (consonant) / enesis (vowel)
• April → nificus (consonant) / ificus (vowel)
• May → bilis (consonant) / abilis (vowel)
• June → nii (consonant) / anii (vowel)
• July → ginosa (consonant) / uginosa (vowel)
• August → lactiae (consonant) / alactiae (vowel)
• September → nosus (consonant) / inosus (vowel)
• October → nella (consonant) / anella (vowel)
• November → phyticus (consonant) / ophyticus (vowel)
• December → stis (consonant) / estis (vowel)

PDF Sticker Feature

After generating your bacteria name, click the "📄 Download PDF Sticker (3" × 4")" button to download a professionally formatted PDF file.

PDF Specifications:

• Exact dimensions: 3 inches × 4 inches
• Format: PDF (ready to print)
• Layout: Centered bacteria name with decorative border
• Colors: Purple/blue gradient theme
• Font sizes: Large, bold text optimized for readability

Printing Instructions:

1. Download the PDF file
2. Open it in any PDF viewer
3. Print settings:
   • Paper: 3" × 4" sticker paper
   • Scale: 100% (Actual size)
   • No margins
4. Print on adhesive sticker paper for best results

The PDF is automatically sized to 3" × 4" so you can print it directly on standard badge/sticker paper without any adjustments!

Getting Started

Installation

npm install

Development

npm run dev

Open your browser to the URL shown (typically http://localhost:5173)

Build

npm run build

Preview Production Build

npm run preview

Technologies Used

• Vite - Fast build tool and dev server
• Vanilla JavaScript - No framework dependencies
• jsPDF - PDF generation library
• CSS3 - Modern styling with gradients and animations
• HTML5 - Semantic markup

Examples

Example 1:

• First Name: John (prefix: "joh" - ends with 'h', consonant)
• Last Name: Smith (prefix: "smi" - ends with 'i', vowel)
• Birth Date: May 15, 1990 (year ends in 0, month is 5)

Output:

• Genus: Johridium (consonant 'h' → vowel-starting suffix "ridium")
• Species: smibilis (vowel 'i' → consonant-starting suffix "bilis")
• Scientific Name: Johridium smibilis
• PDF Filename: Johridium_smibilis_sticker.pdf

Example 2:

• First Name: Alice (prefix: "ali" - ends with 'i', vowel)
• Last Name: Brown (prefix: "bro" - ends with 'o', vowel)
• Birth Date: July 22, 1985 (year ends in 5, month is 7)

Output:

• Genus: Aliteus (vowel 'i' → consonant-starting suffix "teus")
• Species: broginosa (vowel 'o' → consonant-starting suffix "ginosa")
• Scientific Name: Aliteus broginosa
• PDF Filename: Aliteus_broginosa_sticker.pdf

Credits

This application is inspired by the Bacteria Names game from the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS) Laboratory Week activities.

License

MIT

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Enjoy discovering your bacterial identity! 🧪